Kemba Walker's future with the Charlotte Hornets is uncertain as he's one offseason away from becoming a free agent and the franchise will again miss the playoffs.

“At this point, I want to win. I want to be in the playoffs,” Walker told the Observer on Monday morning. “I’m tired of not being in the playoffs. ... I hate watching them on TV.

“I’ve been there twice in seven years, and it’s just not fun” missing out.

Walker is building his dream house in Charlotte.

“Hopefully, I’ll be here for a long time.”

The Hornets will hire a new general manager this offseason and the most critical and immediate decision will be what to do with Walker.

“Whenever we get a new GM, we’ll see what direction he wants to go,” Walker said, “and I’ll make the best decision for me.”

Nicolas Batum has been diagnosed with chronic tendinitis in his left Achilles and could miss multiple games.

Batum underwent an MRI on Sunday.

The Hornets are seven games out of the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference with only 12 games remaining in the regular season.

Batum's 17-18 season has been slowed by injuries beginning with an elbow injury suffered in training camp.

Batum is in the second season of a five-year, $120 million deal with the Hornets.

The Charlotte Hornets had crossed Kemba Walker off their draft list but that changed when Michael Jordan watched him play during the Big East Tournament and NCAA Tournament. The Hornets had already drafted D.J. Augustin and he was viewed at the time as their long-term solution at point guard.

Walker led UConn to the national championship in 2011 and Jordan was reminded of himself with his ability to hit clutch shots.

“Michael Jordan fell in love with Kemba because of how great Kemba was in the NCAA tournament, the source said. “Michael’s the greatest competitor of all time. Michael saw a little bit of the competitiveness that he had in Kemba. As good as Connecticut was at that time, they couldn’t have done it if Kemba hadn’t put that team on his back. I think Michael placed such a high value on that.”

Walker was selected ninth overall and he's since become Charlotte's franchise player.

Michael Carter-Williams will miss the remainder of the season with a posterior labral tear in his left shoulder.

Carter-Williams suffered the injury on March 4th.

Carter-Williams will undergo surgery to address the injury.

The Hornets signed Carter-Williams to a one-year, $2.7 million deal in the offseason. Carter-Williams has appeared in 52 games and is averaging 4.6 points and 2.7 rebounds in 16.1 minutes per game. 

The Charlotte Hornets have begun to secure permission to interview candidates for their general manager vacancy.

Mitch Kupchak remains a frontrunner to replace Rich Cho.

Charlotte has received permission to speak with Philadelphia 76ers vice president of player personnel Marc Eversley, Houston Rockets executive vice president of basketball operations Gersson Rosas, and Miami Heat assistant general manager Adam Simon.

Kupchak has a long-standing relationship with Michael Jordan.